Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 96 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 96 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 6:34 AM AKST (15:34 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 86 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-04 15:34:29 UTC
Depth
12.3 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.050° N, 162.835° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.6145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.5120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.194 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.0107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.7102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.2132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 3.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 3.1156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.0105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.883 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.695 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.7144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 143.

Before

  1. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.481 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.4118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.296 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away

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